Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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Assistant City Manager Carlson clarified that the current proposal in the motion did not include the use of the BEDI grant or the Section 180 loan that would be backed by CDBG dollars. The current proposal used other sources, primarily urban renewal funds, both existing and those expected to be generated by the development. Ms. Bettman maintained that there was a proposal in the AIS for the use of the funds. Assistant City Manager Carlson said that staff would have to return for separate council authorization for the use of those funds. Mr. Kelly responded to the statements made by Ms. Bettman. He said nothing in the proposal employed BEDI grant dollars or Section 108 funding. Assistant City Manager Carlson concurred. Mr. Kelly confirmed with Assistant City Manager Carlson that the council would have to approve the use of those funds on a project-by-project basis. Mr. Kelly recalled that the council and Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations, of which Ms. Bettman was a member, previously passed the application for the grant and Section 108 funds. Mr. Kelly clarified that the CDBG funds were not the source for the Section 108 loans, merely one of the sources of security for such loans. Assistant City Manager Carlson concurred. He said the loan was ultimately backed by CDBG money, but there was no intent to ever use CDBG moneys to actually pay back the Section 108 loans. Mr. Kelly said if the council heard a proposal for the use of the BEDI grant or Section 108 funds, he would expect to see how those would be covered by something other than CDBG money. Assistant City Manager Carlson agreed that would be the case. Ms. Taylor was not reassured that authorization for the funds would come back to the council because then it would be too committed to the project to stop it in the future. She said “it was just playing with words.” The motion passed, 5:2; Ms. Taylor and Ms. Bettman voting no. Mayor Piercy closed the meeting of the Eugene City Council and convened a meeting of the Urban Renewal Agency. C. ACTION: Downtown Update—East Broadway Development Projects Ms. Solomon, seconded by Ms. Ortiz, moved to direct the Agency Director to enter into an intergovernmental agreement between the City of Eugene and the Urban Renewal Agency in substantial conformity with the outline of terms described in Attachment A, Intergovern- mental Agreement. The motion passed, 5:2; Ms. Taylor and Ms. Bettman voting no. D. ACTION: Resolution 1038 Adopting a Supplemental Budget; Making Appropriations for the Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Eugene for the Fiscal Year Beginning July 1, 2005, and Ending June 30, 2006 Ms. Solomon, seconded by Ms. Ortiz, moved to adopt Resolution 1038 adopting a Supple- mental Budget; making appropriations for the Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Eugene for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005, and ending June 30, 2006. The motion passed, 5:2; Ms. Taylor and Ms. Bettman voting no. MINUTES—Eugene City Council March 15, 2006 Page 7 Work Session